One person’s loss in the “war on drugs”
Is another person’s gain in the world of “free trade.”
After years of raiding “redneck labs” and arresting local methamphetamine cooks, drug squads in Georgia appeared to be gaining the upper hand on the makeshift operations in 2004, when the number of busts declined sharply from a peak of more than 800 the previous year.
But the glow of success quickly faded as international drug cartels distributing a purer form of the drug known as “ice” rushed in to fill the void.
“The labs start to decline and you’re happy,” said Phil Price, special agent in charge of regional drug enforcement for the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. “But the imported meth has really hit us hard. … It’s cheaper now to buy it on the streets.”
I can feel some NAFTA love coming on right now. I need a moment here. *sniff* Tito, bring me a tissue.
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CIA put all the locals out of business!
Question is, who’s going to stop the CIA from bring drugs into the country?
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Stop them? Hell, how do you think we’re going to fund the war in Iraq?